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Gregory Gale

Production design professor

Education

  • B.A., Student-Designed, Seattle Pacific University
  • A.A., Advertising and Communcation, Fashion Institute of Technology

Credentials

Selected design experience

  • Rock of Ages worldwide: Broadway, London, Australia, Toronto, Las Vegas, National Tour, UK Tour, Norwegian Cruise Line, Off-Broadway, and Los Angeles
  • Cyrano de Bergerac: Broadway
  • Romeo and Juliet: Houston Grand Opera, Dallas Opera, Atlanta Opera
  • Singapura the Musical, Capital Theater, Singapore
  • Urinetown: Broadway, Toronto, National Tour, and Off-Broadway
  • Fairycakes: Off Broadway, Scranton Shakespeare, and AADA

Mentorship and educational productions

  • Hemsley Lighting Programs, April 2025
  • University of Utah Department of Theater: Guest Lecturer, Fall 2014 and 2019
  • NYU Tisch School of the Arts: Student Interns, Fall and Spring 2006, Fall 2008, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Spring 2017
  • Bard SummerScape – Fisher Center at Bard: BitterSweet, Summer 2011
  • NYU Tisch School of the Arts: Master’s Thesis Review, April 2010
  • NYU Tisch School of the Arts: Guest Lecturer, Various Dates
  • NYU School of Education - Music and Performing Arts Professions: Main Stage Productions, Various dates
  • American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Assorted dates
  • The Little Match Girl, A New Musical: Asian Performing Art Alliance & UNICEF Fundraiser, Various Dates
  • Williamstown Theater Festival, Various Dates

Additional costume design experience

  • Broadway: Arcadia (Stoppard), Ethel Barrymore Theater; The Wedding Singer (Sklar/Beguelin), Al Hirschfeld Theater (& US Tour); Band in Berlin (Feldman/Birch/Pauley), Helen Hayes Theater
  • Opera (selected): El Milagro del Recuerdo (Martinez/Foglia), Houston Grand Opera (& Arizona Opera, San Diego Opera); An American Soldier (Ruo/Huang), Opera Theater of Saint Louis; La Rondine (Puccini/Adami), Opera Theater of Saint Louis; The Prince of Players (Floyd), Houston Grand Opera; The Magic Flute (Mozart/Schikaneder), Chicago Opera Theater; Bittersweet (Coward), Bard SummerScape; Camelot (Lerner/Loewe), Virginia Opera
  • International projects: To Wong Foo, the Musical (Beane/Flinn), Hope Mill Theatre – Manchester, England; Singapura the Musical (Trinidad/Gatchalian), Capitol Theater – Singapore; Mimi é Una Civetta (Puccini/Giacosa/Illica), Ravenna Festival – Ravenna, Italy; Your Alice (Tayers), BAM & Edinburgh Festival
  • Film and television: The Mental State (Anderson/Barclay/Camali), Apple TV & Amazon; Real Drag (Brad Davis), Pinkhouse Productions; NBC New Year’s Live 2021 (Dancers John Legend), 620 Loft & Garden; NBC New Year’s Live 2019 (Styling/Props Chrissy Teigen/Leslie Jones), Times Square; Cyrano de Bergerac (Rostand/Burgess), Great Performances (Streaming on Amazon); Will Work for Food: Chocolate Fashion Show, Food Network; A Backstage Look: The Wedding Singer on Broadway, New Line Cinema
  • Off-Broadway: Ibsen’s Ghost: An Irresponsible…. Fantasy (Busch), 59E59/Primary Stages; The Little Match Girl (Anderson/King), Theater Row #3 (Set & Costume Design Tier 3 Workshop); The Sabbath Girl (Gitter), 59E59; Daniel’s Husband (McKeever), Westside Theater; The Tribute Artist (Busch), 59E59 Theater/Primary Stages; Now. Here. This. (Bell/Blackwell/Bowen), Vineyard Theater; The Third Story (Busch), Lucille Lortel/MCC Theater (& La Jolla Playhouse); The Voysey Inheritance (Baker/Mamet), Linda Gross Theater/Atlantic Theater Company; The Milliner (Glass), CSC Theater/The Directors Company; Pig Farm (Kotis), Laura Pels Theater/Roundabout Theater Co.; The Dazzle (Greenberg), Gramercy Theater/Roundabout Theater Co.; The Country Club (Beane), Greenwich House/Drama Department; The Downtown Plays (Wasserstein/Rudnick/LaBute), Pace University/Tribeca Theater Festival; Burleigh Grime$ (Kirby/Yazbek), New World Stages; Rope (Hamilton), Zipper Theater; Bright Ideas (Coble), CSC Theater/MCC Theater; The Thing About Men (DiPietro/Robert, Promenade Theater; Mondo Drama (Beane), Greenwich House/Drama Department; The Dark Kalamazoo (Lampley), Greenwich House/Drama Department; Free to Be You and Me (Thomas/Davis), Greenwich House/Drama Department; Rude Entertainment (Rudnick), Greenwich House/Drama Department; The Torch-Bearers (Kelly), Greenwich House/Drama Department; Hope is the Thing with Feathers (Pugliese), Greenwich House/Drama Department; As Thousands Cheer (Hart/Berlin), Greenwich House/Drama Department; Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Kay/Rand), Greenwich House/Drama Department; Night of the Tribades & The Stronger (Enquist), Bowery Lane Theater/Jean Cocteau Rep; The Prince of Homburg (Kleist), Bowery Lane Theater/Jean Cocteau Rep; The Infernal Machine (Cocteau), Bowery Lane Theater/Jean Cocteau Rep; Mary Stuart (Schiller/MacDonald), Bowery Lane Theater/Jean Cocteau Rep
  • Dance: four – ONE (Toch/Hindesmith/Mozart/Kerekes), 92nd Street Y; Le Revue de Cuisine (Martinu), 92nd Street Y
  • Special events: Prague Quadrennial; FIFA 59th Conference opening ceremony; Papal Mass at Yankee Stadium; Sex and the City, The Movie DVD release party; Blood Cultures album and EP release covers for Project Luno; The King of Pop, Lemon Magazine fashion spread

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Two-time Tony Award Nominee: Earned two prestigious Tony Award nominations: Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play (Cyrano de Bergerac), and Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical (Rock of Ages), which celebrate excellence in Broadway theater, for groundbreaking costume designs that captivated audiences and elevated productions.
  • Lucille Lortel Award Winner & Nominee (4x): Honored twice with the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Costume Design (The Voysey Inheritance, Fairycakes) and nominated twice (Urinetown!, The Milliner), recognizing innovative, visually compelling costume designs for Off-Broadway productions.
  • Drama Desk (3x): Nominated for Best Costume Design for Fairycakes, The Wedding Singer, and The Country Club at the Drama Desk Awards, which celebrates excellence across Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway. These nominations recognize costume designs that seamlessly integrated storytelling and artistry.
  • Irene Sharaff Ascending Artist Award: Received the Irene Sharaff Ascending Artist Award, a prestigious honor given to emerging costume designers whose work demonstrates extraordinary promise and innovation in the field.
  • Henry Hewes Design Award (5x): Nominated five times for the Henry Hewes Design Awards in the Costume Design Category: Cyrano de Bergerac, Rock of Ages, The Wedding Singer, The Tribute Artist, The Voysey Inheritance, which celebrate excellence in theater design for costumes that showcased meticulous craftsmanship and artistic vision.
  • Green Room Award (Australia): Recognized internationally with a Green Room Award Best Costume Design nomination, Australia’s premier performing arts award, celebrating best work in theater, opera, and cabaret.
  • WhatsOnStage Award (UK): Nominated for the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Costume Design, one of the UK’s premier theater honors, recognizing excellence in productions across the country. This nomination highlights costume designs that received acclaim from both audiences and critics.
  • Connecticut Critics Circle Award: Acknowledged with a nomination for a Connecticut Critics Circle Outstanding Costume Design for exceptional costume design in Regional Theater productions.